Fwd: network prob, now unknown prob

[Janne Jokitalo]

James Takac wrote:
> Hi Guys

Hello again. :)

> seems that box has a prob and I have no idea what has happened to it. Ubuntu 
> 7.04 and the latest updates. It seems that nothing requiring admin privilages 
> is able to run. That means I can't even open so much as a text editor as 
> root. Anyhthing else appears to work though. This has me stumped as only 1 
> out of 4 systems has this prob

If you first try to open a terminal and attempt to do admin task, for
instance `sudo apt-get update`, and paste the error message here, it might help.

Wiser fellows can possibly already tell you what's wrong, but we can debug
the situation this way in the mean time, if you like/have patience for it. :)


Thanks,

-- 
Jaska